hahaha I wasnt being sarcastic about Mitchell and face-offs . But I guess I was wrong. Surprised that hes not in lneup to be honest. Id sit Prust. Hes taken a lot of stupi d penalties this playoffs. So Dubi makes his grand return tonight. Im thinking shades of Clyde Frazier here
Do you mean Willis Reed or is Dubinsky just showing up wearing a leopard print suit and alligator shoes?
Boyle = stud before & garbage after suspension / concussion injury Hagelin = stud before & garbage after suspension Dubi = garbage before & ?????? after ankle injury...
From the Rangers report . Prust goes back in; Dubinsky, Zuccarello or Newbury too? Brandon Dubinsky, Mats Zuccarello and Kris Newbury all skated with the big team at the morning skate, and John Tortorella said that Brandon Prust will return from his suspension and that there could be additional changes to the lineup tonight. But anybody who’s guessing what those changes might (or might not) be are, well, guessing, though John Mitchell staying on the ice late and Dubinsky leaving with the regulars is a pretty big hint. Looks like Stu Bickel remains in, on defense, and Steve Eminger comes out. By the way, was I the only person who knew that Torts was joking when he said, “pray” yesterday? I mean, everybody in the room laughed when he said it. ********************************************* Here’s my story from The Journal News and LoHud.com today: By Rick Carpiniello NEW YORK — The Rangers have been here before. Twice. They have done this the hard way, and they’ve done it the easier way and made it harder. They have lost Games 2 and 4 in each of their previous two playoff rounds, after winning Games 1 and 3, as they now have done again in the Eastern Conference final against the Devils. Against Ottawa, the Rangers lost Game 5 at home and had to rally to win Games 6 and 7. Against Washington, the Rangers won Game 5 at home, then lost Game 6 on the road and had to win another Game 7. So who knows what path they will take this time, with Game 5 of another 2-2 series tonight at the Garden? But be assured, Game 5 has nothing to do with the topic of ridiculous conversation today — Mike Rupp’s tiny little baby punch of Martin Brodeur in the third period of Game 4, which had the coaches screaming at one another. If the Rangers’ intent was to create a distraction with that minor melee, mission accomplished. That it was even a story a day later is just an indication of how many non-hockey eyes are focused on this series, some of whom have no idea what real playoff mayhem is, some of whom it seems, are watching playoff hockey for the first time. Yeah, it sometimes gets a little rough and even cheap when one team is three goals behind in the third period of a playoff game. Yawn. The real story, the underlying reality, is that the Rangers haven’t solved what the Devils are doing to them: that the Rangers’ game is based along the walls and deep in the offensive zone, and that the Devils have taken away the walls and Brodeur’s puck-handling has removed them from the offensive zone.
Dont be surpriseD if Hagelin isnt in lineup tonight. He doesnt deserve to be and I htink Torts knows that
No chance. If only because of his speed. He hasn't played well, but come on, who's an upgrade from him at this point?
I was out at Stout the other night watching the game .. and I kid you not I seen someone with a Todd Harvey Rangers jersey lol
in case anyone didn't see it, I posted vbetting http://forums.theganggreen.com/showthread.php?t=72462 sorry I missed game 4
